Sendai Station (Kagoshima)

Sendai Station (川内駅, Sendai-eki) is a railway station in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. Operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) and Hisatsu Orange Railway.

Sendai Station

川内駅
Sendai Station West Entrance
Location1-1 Torioi-chō, Satsumasendai, Kagoshima
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened1914
Previous namesSendai-machi
Location
Sendai Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Sendai Station is served by the Kyushu Shinkansen and Kagoshima Main Line, and also the Hisatsu Orange Railway Line.

Platforms
1/2 ■ Kagoshima Main Line for Kushikino and Kagoshima-Chūō
3 ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway Line for Izumi
4 ■ Hisatsu Orange Railway Line for Izumi
to the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Line for Kumanojo and Kagoshima-Chūō
11 ■ Kyushu Shinkansen for Hakata and Shin-Ōsaka
12 ■ Kyushu Shinkansen for Kagoshima-Chūō
  • East Entrance（2012）
  • Local Line ticket barrier and Shinkansen connection ticket barrier（2006）
  • Shinkansen ticket barrier(2012)

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Kyushu Shinkansen
Izumi or Kumamoto Sakura / Tsubame Kagoshima-Chūō
Kagoshima Main Line
Terminus Local and Sendai Express Kumanojō
Kami-Sendai
(Hisatsu Orange Railway)		 Ocean Liner Satsuma Kushikino
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line
Kami-Sendai Local Terminus

History
Sendai Station in 1974[1]
  • June 1, 1914 - The station opened as Sendai-machi Station (川内町駅) on the Sendai Line.[2]
  • 1922 - Track from Sendai-Machi Station to Nishikata Station opens.
  • October 20, 1924 - Track from Sendai Station to Hiwaki Station is opened for as Miyanojo Line.
  • October 1, 1940 - Sendai-machi Station was renamed Sendai Station.[2]
  • January 10, 1987 - Miyanojo line is abolished (From Sendai Station to Satsuma-Ōkuchi Station).
  • March 13, 2004 - Kyushu Shinkansen services began.

Surrounding area
  • Satsumasendai City Hall
  • Sendai Post Office

References
  1. National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  2. 『川内市史 下巻』 p.552 - Sendai City 1980

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